S茫o Paulo State travel

S茫o Paulo State

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Overview

Speaking of S茫o Paulo state without using superlatives is difficult. The southern hemisphere鈥檚 largest city! Its finest museums! Its best restaurants! Its worst traffic! (Well, you can鈥檛 have everything.) S茫o Paulo city 鈥� Sampa to locals 鈥� is Brazil's boomtown (commercially, financially, industrially and culturally), and an explosion of sophisticated travelers descending on the city鈥檚 numerous arts and epicurean offerings has ensured the sprawling city remains a must-stop for traveling urbanites.

Attractions

Must-see attractions

Parque Estadual do Alto do Ribeira

S茫o Paulo State

This 357-sq-km state park, with its 450 cataloged caves, is known as Brazil鈥檚 Capital das Grutas (Cave Capital). The park's N煤cleos de Visita莽茫o (Visitor鈥�

Museu de Arte de S茫o Paulo

S茫o Paulo

Sampa鈥檚 pride, this museum possesses Latin America鈥檚 most comprehensive collection of Western art. Hovering above a concrete plaza that turns into an鈥�

Edif铆cio Copan

S茫o Paulo

Copan was designed by late modernist master Oscar Niemeyer. The building, with its serpentine facade and narrow brises soleil (permanent sunshades), is鈥�

Mosteiro S茫o Bento

S茫o Paulo

Among the city鈥檚 oldest and most important churches, S茫o Bento dates to 1598, though its neo-Gothic facade dates only to the early 20th century. Step鈥�

Farol Santander

S茫o Paulo

For one of Sampa鈥檚 best panoramas, head to the top of this 161m-high skyscraper, Brazil鈥檚 version of the Empire State Building 鈥� completed in 1939 and鈥�

Pina_Luz

S茫o Paulo

This elegant neoclassical museum, formerly known as Pinacoteca do Estado but modernly rebranded 'Pina_Luz' (with the underline!) in 2017, houses an鈥�

Museu Xingu

S茫o Paulo

Relatively unknown and blissfully uncrowded, the unassuming Casa Amarela is part NGO handicraft shop, part two-table romantic cafe and part tiny Museu鈥�

Mercado Municipal

S茫o Paulo

This covered market is a belle epoque confection of stained glass and a series of vast domes. Inside, a fabulous urban market specializes in all things鈥�

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